It's called an air dam, and for the first generation Volt there are two versions of it, the second one being about an inch shorter than the first (thus giving an extra inch of clearance.)

Mine scraped every day for years, but really didn't seem much worse for wear - it's more rubber than plastic (but actually a mix of the two I believe.)

 

The one that your dealer has should be the new shorter one. It replaced the larger one, which is no longer stocked. Another option is to go without one.

 

Will it cost anything to have it replaced or removed? There was a thread on here a while back which I can't find that mentioned the shorter air dam and that the dealer would replace it for free. Is that true?

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Another options is to do what one member did and measure a couple inches down and make the long one into a short one with a pair of heavy duty scissors or tin snips.

 

Anyone know how much it would cost to have mine replaced with the shorter one? I saw a thread on here a good while back where someone mentioned that they would replace it for free. Is that true?

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They will not do that anymore. If you bought it new and it was under bumper to bumper they did some as a customer satisfaction thing.

It is not hard to do. I think the part is about $70 US.

 

It's called a lower deflector and it's "only" $40.93 here. Fairly easy to do yourself.

 

I would just save your money and live with the occasional scraping noise. But then again, I'm the ultimate cheapskate - the only person worse than me is my dad.

 

I resemble that remark

 

The dealer replaced mine before the car was out of bumper to bumper, it was really getting raggedy. Even now, the new deflector scrapes.

 

My chevrolet dealer will not remove the liwer air dam without a replacement , as it also helps keep the traction battery cool

 

IMO the replacement is a POS as the tabs continue to come unlocked. It's a terrible fix.

 

That's the POS on mine.....I'm thinking of gluing it together

 

I just replaced mine with the shorter version yesterday, was pretty easy except when one of the clips that the screws thread into popped off and landed inside the plastic under the engine - took 10 minutes to find and fish out.

@coachdubya - not sure what you are talking about as the shorter model I bought (from here) has no tabs.

 

@coachdubya - not sure what you are talking about as the shorter model I bought (from here) has no tabs.

2x. No tabs here. I replaced mine with the shorter version about a month ago. It seems like the material is also a bit stiffer than the long version.

 

I had the front bumper cover off a few weeks ago to replace the RH turn signal assembly and there's no tabs like the original air dam.

 

Just be careful you don't do this:

 

I keep wondering why they don't put a front mounted camera on these low clearance cars. the sensors are okay, but it would still be nice to see the ground in front of you.

 

About a year ago a forum user mounted a rear cam in the front. He had to mount it upside down so thenleft and right made sense, but the the ground and sky was upside down. Maybe someone makes a camera which is configurable with dip switches of jumpers. If I can find that post, I'll edit this with the link.

 

You guys need a height sensor like we have on the combines...
http://manuals.deere.com/omview/OMH227052_19/JK22594_0000076_19_24JUL06_1.htm

Here is the screen and simple controller to adjust it...(explanation is found above)...

 

My Chevrolet dealer told me that there wasn't a replacement
They just took offcthe lower dam, it I'd held in place with 21 nuts and bolts
They refused to remove it as it helps generate cool air to keep the traction battery cool